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Lakshmipathy Balaji

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Matches
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Bowling Style
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The first thing that comes to people’s minds when they think about former Indian cricketer Lakshmipathy Balaji is the smile he wore after every delivery he bowled. Just like his smile, his unwavering spirit made him dear to cricket fans. Balaji made his international debut in an ODI against West Indies in 2002. His Test debut came against New Zealand in 2003. Balaji did not have the most memorable of starts to his international career as he was thrashed for 44 runs in the first four overs he bowled in his maiden ODI. After being dropped from the team after a poor Test series against New Zealand, Balaji returned to the team in 2003-04. Along with Irfan Pathan, Balaji was instrumental in India’s first Test series win in Pakistan with 12 wickets. He was struck with a career-ending injury in 2005 but made his return in 2008. It was, however, in the Indian Premier League and first-class cricket that he shone in the latter stages of his career. In a career spanning over 100 first-class games, Balaji took 330 wickets. He called it quits from first-class and List A cricket in 2016.

Career Stats

Format Mat Inns Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s
Test
8
9
51
31
5.66
126
40.47
0
0
5
1
ODI
30
16
120
21*
12.00
152
78.94
0
0
8
3
T20I
5
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts Best Avg Econ SR 5W
Test
8
15
1756
1004
27
5/76
37.18
3.43
65.00
1
ODI
30
30
1447
1344
34
4/48
39.52
5.57
42.50
0
T20I
5
5
96
121
10
3/19
12.10
7.56
9.60
0

Opposition Breakdown Stats

VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Pakistan
—
6
8
0
47
31
5.87
103
45.63
0
0
4
5
1
Vs New Zealand
—
2
1
0
4
4
4.00
23
17.39
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Pakistan
2004-2005
11
7
4
69
21*
23.00
57
121.05
0
0
1
6
3
Vs England
2004
2
2
0
18
18
9.00
31
58.06
0
0
1
1
0
Vs Sri Lanka
2004-2009
3
3
1
18
10
9.00
20
90.00
0
0
0
1
0
Vs Australia
2004
7
4
1
15
11
5.00
44
34.09
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2004
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs U.A.E.
2004
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs West Indies
2002
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
2004
4
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Afghanistan
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Pakistan
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs South Africa
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Pakistan
—
6
12
225.40
43
821
26
5/76
31.57
3.63
52.00
0
1
Vs New Zealand
—
2
3
67.00
21
183
1
1/84
183.00
2.73
402.00
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Australia
2004
7
7
59.50
1
314
12
4/48
26.16
5.24
29.90
1
0
Vs Pakistan
2004-2005
11
11
84.10
2
525
12
3/27
43.75
6.23
42.00
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
2004
4
4
36.10
4
147
4
2/37
36.75
4.06
54.20
0
0
Vs England
2004
2
2
18.00
1
114
2
2/37
57.00
6.33
54.00
0
0
Vs Sri Lanka
2004-2009
3
3
24.00
1
140
2
1/48
70.00
5.83
72.00
0
0
Vs U.A.E.
2004
1
1
8.00
2
28
2
2/28
14.00
3.50
24.00
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2004
1
1
7.00
0
32
0
—
—
4.57
—
0
0
Vs West Indies
2002
1
1
4.00
0
44
0
—
—
11.00
—
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Afghanistan
—
1
1
3.30
0
19
3
3/19
6.33
5.42
7.00
0
0
Vs Pakistan
—
1
1
3.40
0
22
3
3/22
7.33
6.00
7.30
0
0
Vs South Africa
—
1
1
3.50
0
37
3
3/37
12.33
9.65
7.60
0
0
Vs New Zealand
—
1
1
4.00
0
33
1
1/33
33.00
8.25
24.00
0
0
Vs England
—
1
1
1.00
0
10
0
—
—
10.00
—
0
0

No opposition breakdown in this format.

Year-wise Stats

YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2003
2
1
0
4
4
4.00
23
17.39
0
0
0
0
0
2004
3
3
0
11
11
3.66
13
84.61
0
0
2
1
1
2005
3
5
0
36
31
7.20
90
40.00
0
0
2
4
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2002
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
2004
23
12
4
95
21*
11.87
126
75.39
0
0
1
7
2
2005
5
3
2
18
17*
18.00
16
112.50
0
0
1
0
1
2009
1
1
0
7
7
7.00
10
70.00
0
0
0
1
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2012
5
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2003
2
3
67.00
21
183
1
1/84
183.00
2.73
402.00
0
0
2004
3
6
106.00
24
369
12
4/63
30.75
3.48
53.00
0
0
2005
3
6
119.40
19
452
14
5/76
32.28
3.77
51.20
0
1
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2002
1
1
4.00
0
44
0
—
—
11.00
—
0
0
2004
23
23
197.10
11
1053
30
4/48
35.10
5.34
39.40
1
0
2005
5
5
35.00
0
215
4
2/32
53.75
6.14
52.50
0
0
2009
1
1
5.00
0
32
0
—
—
6.40
—
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2012
5
5
16.00
0
121
10
3/19
12.10
7.56
9.60
0
0